Mystic River

By: Dennis Lehane

Narrated by: David Strathairn

The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood.

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever.

Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay -- demons that urge him to do terrible things. When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood.

A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family, in which people irrevocably marked by the past find themselves on a collision course with the darkest truths of their own hidden selves.

©2001 Dennis Lehane; (P)2001 HarperCollins Publishers

3 Mystic Rivers

This was a great story with terrific narration by David Straitharn. I've seen the movie, read the book, and now listened to the audiobook. All are equally good.

Disappointed

The book is really good! However the audiobook Skipped over a bunch of pages throughout each chapter. Not to hard to find where they left off, but it does take effort to look.

Not a fan

My husband and I love psychological thrillers and were hoping for a good who-done-it... I’ll say I was surprised at the end, but not in a good way. The killer’s motive made no logical sense to us. 2/5 because up until the ending, it was decent, I’d give it 3.5/5. The ending brought it down to a 2 for us.